51. ARALlACmJE. 



2. Heptapleurum, Gaertn. 



1. H-. venulOSUm, Seem. Sukriruya; Sukrirun, K. ; 

 Sunum jur, S.; Ban Simar, Beng. 



A large climbing or epiphytic shrub attaining 3 ft. girth 1 

 with digitate 5-7-foliolate leaves, and pale or yellow flowers 

 in panic led umbels. 



Valleys in Singbhum ; Hazaribagh ; S. P. ; Kurughat (Palamau). Fls. 

 May -June. 



Lflts. unequal 2-6'' by 1-2*, -glabrous, acuminate. Petioles 3-6", 

 Pctiolules 1-2". Stipules oonnate within the petiole. Umbels \" diam. 

 racemed on the 5-8'' long branches of the short panicle. Braoteoles 0. 

 Calyx truncate. Pet. 5-6, 3-nerved. Ovary-cells as many. Styles 0. 



3. Heteropanax, Seem. 



1. H. fragrans, Seem. Rengebanam, K. 



An erect small tree np to 2 ft. girth with enormons tri-pin- 

 nate leaves 3-4 ft. long and 2-3 ft. across, elliptic or ell. ovate 

 glabrous entire leaflets 3-7" long and small yellow flowers in 

 umbels on the branches of large panicles. Fruit a laterally 

 compressed 2-seeded berry. 



Valleys <n Singbhum and S. P. near streams. Very common on 

 north aspects on the trap of the Bajmehal hills near Dharampur and 

 Morjhora. Fls. Dec. Evergreen. 



Pinnae sometimes 4-5 often together with a single leaflet, at the 

 nodes of the main rachis. Lflts. with a short acumen, 1-7 on the ultimate 

 branches of the leaf, base usually rounded. 



Fam. 53. CORNACfi^!. 



Trees or shrubs with opp. or alt. simple exstipulate 

 leaves often basal-nerved. Fls. regular in cymes or panicles, 



1 Clark says (Journal L. S. XXI, 252) " I noticed that Heptapleurum 

 aommences its life here (i.e., on Parasnath) as a scandent epiphyte, but 

 subsequently reaching the ground, it grows to a large size as a tree, 

 snd shows no signs of its early history." 



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